THINK 3: Breaking Codes and Finding Patterns
FALL Quarter 2016
Announcements
Schedule and Location
Instructors
Susan Holmes
Office: Sequoia Hall 102, Tuesday at 2pm and by appt.
E-Mail: susan [at] stat [dot] stanford [dot] edu
Phone: (650) 725 [hyphen] 1925
Pete Mohanty
Office: Sweet Hall, 217, 10-11am Wednesday.
E-Mail: pmohanty [at] stanford [dot] edu
Elise Stickles
Office: Sweet Hall, 220D, Wed 1:00-2:00.
E-Mail: stickles [at] stanford [dot] edu
Kassahun Betre
Office: Sweet Hall, Tu 3-4pm, Sweet Hall 221C.
E-Mail: kassahun [at] stanford [dot] edu
Rob Furrow
Office: Sweet Hall, 224B, 4.-5.0 pm Monday.
E-Mail: rfurrow [at] stanford [dot] edu
Course Goals
Practice inductive and deductive reasoning.
Learn how to combine evidence.
Solve complex code-breaking problems.
Become an effective codebreaker and pattern finder.
Improve your problem solving skills on impossible problems.
Class text :
Simon Singh The Code Book (http://simonsingh.net/books/the-code-book/)
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